The Koreans in Russia

Through April 2004Asia CollectionFourth Floor, Hamilton
Library

Please stop by the Asia Collection to see the new exhibit on the
fascinating history of Koreans in Russia. The first settlers arrived in
the Russian Far East in the mid 19th century and quickly became
influential in the cultural, economic, and political affairs of the
region. However, in the 1930s Stalin's purges forced the resettlement of
the entire population to far off Kazakhstan. With the advent of
perestroika under Gorbachev in the 1980s, the Korean Russians (Russians
call them "Russian Koreans") revived their native language and were once
again free to celebrate their own customs which they continue to do to
this day.